| Chicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1977 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 48948 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 72 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bob Thomas 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Walter Payton 3 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 10 | 0 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Bo Rather |
| 89 | WR | James Scott |
| 64 | LOT | Ted Albrecht |
| 65 | LOG | Noah Jackson |
| 53 | C | Dan Peiffer |
| 69 | ROG | Revie Sorey |
| 70 | ROT | Dennis Lick |
| 88 | TE | Greg Latta |
| 7 | QB | Bob Avellini |
| 35 | RB | Roland Harper |
| 34 | RB | Walter Payton |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Mike Hartenstine |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 76 | RDT | Ron Rydalch |
| 87 | RDE | Billy Newsome |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 54 | MLB | Tom Hicks |
| 50 | RLB | Waymond Bryant |
| 24 | LCB | Allan Ellis |
| 45 | SS | Gary Fencik |
| 46 | FS | Doug Plank |
| 24 | RCB | Virgil Livers |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | John McKay |
| 85 | WR | Morris Owens |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 62 | LOG | Jeff Winans |
| 79 | C | Steve Wilson |
| 68 | ROG | Dan Medlin |
| 70 | ROT | Darryl Carlton |
| 83 | TE | Dana Nafziger |
| 14 | QB | Randy Hedberg |
| 42 | RB | Ricky Bell |
| 43 | RB | Ed Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 76 | NT | Dave Pear |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 57 | LOLB | Dave Lewis |
| 61 | LILB | Dewey Selmon |
| 54 | RILB | Richard Wood |
| 56 | ROLB | Cecil Johnson |
| 45 | LCB | Jeris White |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 50 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 33 | 101 | 3.1 | 19 | 1 |
| Roland Harper | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Rather | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Musso | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ricky Bell | 25 | 94 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Ed Williams | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Ragsdale | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 5 | -6 | -1.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bob Avellini | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 1 | 130 | 5.2 | 0 | 43.7 | |||
| Bob Parsons | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Roland Harper | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Randy Hedberg | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 2 | 36 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| James Scott | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Schubert | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Greg Latta | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Roland Harper | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John McKay | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Novak | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Virgil Livers | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Gary Fencik | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jeris White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 8 | 330 | 41.3 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 10 | 422 | 42.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Danny Reece | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| Isaac Hagins | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Johnny Musso | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
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